The Denial of Cancel Culture The share of academics who lean left is between 71 and 83 percent across the first six columns, with just 4–16 percent conservative. Eric Kaufmann 1 Sep 2020 · 14 min read
It Wasn’t My Cancelation That Bothered Me. It Was the Cowardice of Those Who Let It Happen Dozens of scholars threatened to resign from the college if my appointment were allowed to stand. Margaret Wente 9 Jul 2020 · 10 min read
Demoted and Placed on Probation One young man said to me, “How did you get tenure?” When I said that I didn’t have tenure he said, “Good! Because you’re not going to get it.” Stuart Reges 11 Jan 2020 · 13 min read
Academic Activists Send a Published Paper Down the Memory Hole If a formally refereed and published paper can later be erased from the scientific record and replaced by a completely different article, without any discussion with the author or any announcement in the journal, what will this mean for the future of electronic journals? Theodore P. Hill 7 Sep 2018 · 13 min read
As a Former Dean of Harvard Medical School, I Question Brown’s Failure to Defend Lisa Littman Pursuing unorthodox scholarship can lead to frustration and failure, to exciting breakthroughs, or anything in between. Jeffrey S. Flier 31 Aug 2018 · 8 min read
Academic Freedom Under Threat in Sweden The universities’ mission is to seek the truth. That is not possible without academic freedom. Ivar Arpi 14 Nov 2017 · 10 min read
China: Zero Tolerance for Academic Freedom China quickly found itself facing dissatisfaction from those steamrollered by a policy of growth at all costs, in spite of the country’s economic and diplomatic successes. Emilie Tran 19 Oct 2017 · 5 min read
Academic Freedom in an Age of Conformity Williams concludes the interview by calling for greater intellectual diversity in the academy and a return to an open marketplace of ideas. Sean Stevens 24 Apr 2016 · 3 min read
What Drives Academics Who Oppose Free Speech? The tyranny of confirmation bias and the fanaticism of its enforcers are not only a disaster for academics themselves. Jamie Palmer 10 Nov 2015 · 6 min read
